Many thousands of Britons play the game, myself included, but who goes to watch a squash tournament?
But they have to fight against the combined might of the Western powers, who are watching and squashing every move they make.
Her latest, "How Groundhog's Garden Grew" (Blue Sky Press, $15.95), with its charming illustrations of Groundhog and his friend Squirrel, as they save seeds, sprout potatoes, thin cabbage and watch bees pollinate squash blossoms, has even this longtime gardener itching to start the spinach.
Some opened them immediately and began eating the contents, while others threw them under the tires of the trucks to watch them get squashed.
And rooted back at home, I planted my first garden and watched as summer squash miraculously gushed, too, from the earth day-by-day into sustenance.
It's fun, though, to watch your waiter snip squash and giant mushrooms with scissors directly onto the flame, even if they do get a bit dried out in the cooking.
Watch carefully so the squash does not burn on the bottom of the pan.
One disgruntled Oregon fan got a surprise this week: a check from Coach Chip Kelly after he complained about spending $439 to watch the Ducks get squashed by Boise State.
I love me some movies and I buy me some movies on iTunes, but this is like watching Gargamel trying to squash the Smurfs and it just makes me want to download some red hot movies.
A day after watching his horse and rider squash a celebration by upsetting Smarty Jones, the trainer Nick Zito was back at work, walking in the rain toward his barn, checking on horses that were running yesterday.
